This morning another RUS grant building, Marcellus Middle School, is doing their first videoconference with the Columbus Zoo. This program, Animals in Jeopardy, is about endangered species. The program begins with a review of terms such as endangered, extinct, poaching, etc. Then students select a statement about cheetahs and arrange themselves around the room based [...]
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Today Roosevelt Elementary, Lakeshore Public Schools, and Sanford Middle School, Alabama are connected to Bob Heft, the current U.S. Flag Designer. What a treat of an experience! Mr. Heft shared the story of making the flag for a class project and two years later having it accepted as the current flag. His presentation includes how [...]
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Kid advertising for VC is the best there is! I’ve blogged already about how students advertise VCs to teachers. How about to administrators too? I just learned that one of our local administrators got excited about videoconferencing after hearing his child talk about bats at the dinner table. The child had participated in the ASK: [...]
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Did you participate in Megaconference yesterday? Did you stay the whole time? Did you get up early to see the presentations from Asia? What a treat of dance and music from the Chinese Academy of Sciences! First thing in the morning (EST) and then at the end of Megaconference last night (EST). The ending performance [...]
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Today I’m enjoying the wonderful experiences of the 8th annual Megaconference. If you haven’t participated in a Megaconference before, you should definitely plan for next year’s. The next one is Megaconference Jr. in February. Megaconference is always a visually rich feast of experiences, pictures, and people. This morning started with a beautiful music and dance [...]
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By now hopefully you’ve checked your email and received the announcement from Sue Porter from one (or more) of the listservs on the Read Around the Planet project, formerly known as Read Across America. If you’re familiar with the project already, here’s what you need to know. The project is sponsored by Polycom this year. [...]
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Yesterday I stumbled across another VC blog, this one from Amy Chayefsky in Arizona. Amy is writing about Maricopa ITV videoconferencing. Not only that, but she’s running RA Az, or Read Across Arizona, in the next two weeks, to prepare classes to participate in Read Around the Planet. Very cool Amy! Thanks for sharing your [...]
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Today since I was stuck in my office for lunch due to VCs, I peeked into the ongoing K12 Online Conference. The session at the top of the list was from Joseph Papaleo, Around the World in 80 Minutes. I noticed he was talking about videoconferencing, so I listened. Of course we can always learn [...]
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Every year I can tell when MEAP, our state testing, is over. All of a sudden I have an onslaught of videoconferences. Most of you know I’m the tech and the coordinator in our service area, so it can get crazy. Today was one of those days! Last week’s ASK Ice Bear & Little Fox [...]
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